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02-12-09, 09:50 PM
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| Amor vincit omnia |  Airtel Fair Usage Policy Airtel one of the most preferred ISP in India has resorted to capping the data limits of unlimited plans. And they are citing it as Airtel Fair Usage policy. Similar schemes were made famous by Comcast in the US, which had raised much hue and cry and ultimately lead to broadband metering system in the continent. An oddity of the policy is that subscribers weren't informed about it and was first noticed by some sharp eyed users who noticed the speeds being reduced to exact half of what they had experienced the previous day. The following limits have been in place from Feb 7th : 128 kbps = 10 GB download limit per month 256 kbps = 15 GB download limit per month 384 kbps = 20 GB download limit per month 512 kbps = 25 GB download limit per month 1 Mbps = 150 GB download limit per month Airtel screws unlimited plan users Discussions are being held on http://www.indiabroadband.net/airtel...g-15gb-mo.html (1/2 Speed for Those Using 15gb+/Mo) Last edited by Admin; 09-27-09 at 02:47 PM. |
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02-12-09, 10:05 PM
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| Platinum Member  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: India, Bangalore Age: 19
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Rep Power: 3   | Is there any official announcement for this?? If its true then its bullsh** But in my case my speed is same as it was before so i have nothing to worry about  |
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02-12-09, 10:11 PM
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| Bronze Member  Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bangalore Age: 27
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Rep Power: 1 | ****.. really bad news man...I have a 384 Kbps connection and I download atleast 80 GB per month and the same amount of upload. This is crap...!!!  |
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02-13-09, 08:32 AM
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02-13-09, 06:36 PM
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| did you got any official explanation yet ?? from the cc? i fear this may be a trend to be followed by other ISPs also ..  |
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02-13-09, 06:47 PM
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02-14-09, 02:29 PM
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| Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Age: 27
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Rep Power: 0 | how is the data limited capped if the download continues to remain unlimited? Seems like it’s only the speed which gets affected. I don’t mind since I don’t do so much downloading anyhow. Of course, for the rest, tough luck pal! My sympathies! |
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02-14-09, 02:30 PM
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| Amor vincit omnia | Quote:
Ahh i just noticed my first post. Indeed i had typed data is being capped. Sorry for the inconvenience occurred if any. | |
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02-14-09, 06:30 PM
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02-14-09, 06:49 PM
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Rep Power: 9  | @ gary4gar what is this "speed on demand" indicated by aiterl and what are the rates |
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02-14-09, 07:44 PM
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Rep Power: 1 | They haven't updated their website.But if this news is true then it will be sad indeed to have restrictions on 'unlimited' plans. |
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02-14-09, 09:33 PM
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02-14-09, 09:39 PM
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Rep Power: 9 | for most of the users, this would not be applicable. and for those where it matters, they would simply shift to other ISP, most likely BSNL. so finally airtel would be the loser. |
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02-14-09, 09:53 PM
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02-15-09, 01:12 PM
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| these are really ominous signs for broadband in india ... we are praying for high speed connections everyday and now the speeds are being reduced instead .. |
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09-26-09, 10:56 PM
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|  Wrong! [QUOTE=cool_techie_tvm;114923]Airtel one of the most preferred ISP in India has resorted to capping the data limits of unlimited plans. And they are citing it as Airtel Fair Usage policy. Similar schemes were made famous by Comcast in the US, which had raised much hue and cry and ultimately lead to broadband metering system in the continent. An oddity of the policy is that subscribers weren't informed about it and was first noticed by some sharp eyed users who noticed the speeds being reduced to exact half of what they had experienced the previous day. The following limits have been in place from Feb 7th : 128 kbps = 10 GB download limit per month 256 kbps = 15 GB download limit per month 384 kbps = 20 GB download limit per month 512 kbps = 25 GB download limit per month 1 Mbps = 150 GB download limit per month Cur the Crap. I have 512 unlimited (night 1mbps) and my download exceeded 100 GB last month. I didn't observe any decrease in speed.. its all fake! ------- Your Gateway to Technology, Redefined. Last edited by Admin; 09-27-09 at 02:45 PM. |
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